Rise of Australia

Chapter 682 The rich take care of themselves while the poor help the world

To say that the biggest change brought to the country in 1927 would have been the continuous growth of industrial jobs brought about by the relocation of thousands of companies to Australasia.

For the world that is suffering from an economic crisis, changes in jobs will not only affect the number of companies and the economy, but also the continuous inflow and outflow of people.

The jobs in Australasia naturally attracted a large number of European and American people, which made the population growth in 1927 extremely crazy.

Arthur originally thought that the net population growth of 271 million the year before last was quite crazy. Unexpectedly, last year's population growth figure actually exceeded 281 million.

What does this mean? Australasia's population growth last year was equivalent to more than one-third of the Dutch population.

If the economic crisis lasts for more than three years, the net population growth in these three years alone may exceed the total population of the entire country of the Netherlands.

However, the Netherlands is only a small country in Europe after all, so such a comparison does not make much sense.

But population growth is always good news. Two consecutive years of population explosion have brought Australasia's population to more than 3529 million, and it is already moving towards the 4000 million population mark.

However, a population of 3500 million is still too small for a great power-level country, and cannot even sustain the consumption of several large-scale battles.

Arthur had personally experienced the cruelty of World War I, and understood how seriously a large-scale battle that killed and injured millions of people was a serious drain on the country.

A population of 3500 million seems large, but even one or two battles in World War I would be enough to devastate the country.

In addition, the land area of ​​Australasia is too vast. If we want to meet the initial demand in terms of population, we must at least increase it to more than 5000 million.

It is worth mentioning that due to this very large-scale economic crisis, the population of a considerable number of countries has declined instead of increasing, and the population size is not even comparable to that of 1926, two years ago.

The current ranking of world population (great powers) is as follows:
  First place, Russia, with a total population of 1.14 million people.

The second place is the United States, with a total population of 1.11 million people.

The third place is an island country with a total population of 6077 million.

Fourth place, Germany, with a total population of 5801 million.

Fifth place is the United Kingdom, with a total population of 4502 million.

Sixth place, Italy, with a total population of 3855 million.

Seventh place, France, with a total population of 3767 million.

Eighth place, Australasia, with a total population of 3529 million.

Logically speaking, two years have passed and the population will increase no matter what.

But in fact, according to this population ranking, it can be seen that there are many major powers with negative net population growth in the past two years. Russia, the United States, and Germany have all experienced a decline in population instead of increase.

Even the island countries that have experienced a small increase in population, such as the United Kingdom, Italy and France, have not experienced large population growth, basically remaining below 20.

Only Australasia, with a net population increase of more than 500 million people in the past two years, stands out among the great powers.

From the population changes in various countries, we can also understand how the more than 500 million people in Australasia came. They are basically unemployed people attracted from other countries.

However, a considerable number of them were voluntarily sent to Australasia by other countries. After all, sometimes having too many unemployed people is not a good thing, as it will cause unnecessary burdens on the country's stability and government governance.

The UK is clearly one of the good guys among these countries. Under normal circumstances, the UK's net population growth in two years will be at least around 100 million.

Coupled with the population from various colonies going to the British mainland, the population growth rate can even remain above 150 million.

But in fact, the British population grew by only about 20, and the rest all came to Australasia.

According to government statistics, of the more than 500 million immigrants in Australasia in the past two years, those from the UK contributed about one-third.

Coupled with British immigrants from other countries, especially the United States, the British population in Australasia has been maintained at a reasonable proportion. This is why Arthur is not worried about the rapid population growth.

It can also be seen from this population ranking that Australasia is not far behind the population size of France and Italy.

If population growth in France and Italy continues to slump, Australasia could overtake France and Italy in terms of population even within two years.

To say that the population loss among the great powers was the most serious, it was not Russia as everyone expected.

Russia has been suffering from a high population loss in recent years, which is something that the Russian government cannot avoid at all.

After all, Russia's domestic economy has lagged far behind compared to foreign countries. Coupled with the constant civil war, those who long for peace will naturally leave far away.

But in 1927, one country's population loss exceeded that of Russia, and even big news was born for this reason.

The country is the United States, a name no one would have thought of before the data was released. The United States had a net population loss of more than 1927 in 70. Coupled with the population loss in 1926, the population of the United States dropped by about 100 million two years later.

This data is similar to that in history. During the economic crisis, the United States was indeed experiencing a net export of population.

After all, as the place where the world crisis broke out, the United States has suffered the most serious impact of the economic crisis among all countries in the world. The suffering of Americans can also be imagined.

This also made Arthur have to admire the patience of the Americans, who actually tolerated President Hoover, who had made little contribution, to build the Hoover Dam according to his own plan.

In Australasia, a project can be completed within a month from project establishment to approval to construction.

Especially for major projects related to the country's people's livelihood, no matter how large the scale is and how difficult the construction is, it is impossible to delay the start of construction until more than half a year.

But the Americans have been calling for the Hoover Dam since mid-1927. It is now 1928, and the Americans still have no intention of starting construction.

It can only be said that it was indeed his good reputation that helped President Hoover. If President Coolidge was in the position of president now, I am afraid that the anger of Americans would have spread to the White House, and the assassination would have already begun.

The slow action of the Hoover government is what Arthur wants to see. After all, the United States is Arthur's enemy. The more serious the economic crisis the United States suffers, the better news it is for Australasia.

Americans can only blame the president they chose. In fact, the previous President Charles was indeed capable, but the American conglomerate would definitely not allow the birth of a president they did not expect.

Another big thing for Arthur is the depreciation of the pound and the Australian dollar.

After more than half a year of development, the pound and the Australian dollar have depreciated quite seriously, and their actual purchasing power is less than half of their original value.

This also caused Australasia's GDP to fluctuate dramatically in 1927, reaching a level of 47.8 billion that Arthur could not have imagined before the devaluation of the Australian dollar.

目前的货币比例：1英镑＝2澳元＝3.77美元＝32卢比＝177法郎＝1044马克（大概比例，还会波动）

However, the current gross national product cannot be compared with other countries. After all, the currency ratios used by various countries are constantly fluctuating, and comparison does not make much sense.

The only currency that is still appreciating at present should be the US dollar, which is why Americans have not officially abandoned the gold standard.

Under the premise that only the U.S. dollar can be converted into gold, the appreciation of the U.S. dollar becomes inevitable.

However, countries around the world are abandoning the gold standard, and Americans cannot hold on to it for long.

After all, after the currencies of various countries devalued, it became extremely difficult for the United States to export. Coupled with the high tariffs imposed by various countries, U.S. exports are suffering huge losses every day.

Regardless of whether President Hoover has relevant policies, I believe that the American consortium will eventually be unable to sit still.

By the time the consortium officially intervenes in the government, the United States should be even more chaotic than it is now, and it will be even more capable of causing trouble.

What Arthur didn't expect was that before the U.S. abandoned the gold standard, which he expected, President Hoover had done several major things in the United States.

The first is the big move that President Hoover has been holding back for more than half a year, which is the famous voluntary association policy in history.

To put it bluntly, this policy is a new policy that the American people issued after they discovered that President Hoover still believed in the laissez-faire policy and put pressure on President Hoover.

But who was President Hoover? From the historical evaluation of President Hoover, he was a proud, arrogant, blindly confident person who always underestimated things and crises.

On December 1927, 12, President Hoover explained to all Americans in a State of the Union address on the last day of the year: "The problem of economic depression cannot be solved by legislative actions or executive statements. Economic trauma It can only be self-healed by the cells of the economic entity - producers and consumers.

Every man should try to help his neighbor who is less fortunate than himself, every business should help his employees, every community and every state should take responsibility for organizing employment and relief activities.

The best contribution the government can make is to encourage mutual cooperation at the local level. Governments at all levels, federal, state and county, should join in the relief activities of each community and play their part. "

This sounds fair and square. President Hoover even established the Unemployment Relief Bureau to help implement his policies and complete his plan to save the unemployed people in the United States.

But those who knew the inside story scoffed at this State of the Union address, because such policies and the so-called neighbor aid plan were proposed by the Morgan consortium.

As one of the largest financial groups in the United States, the fundamental reason why the Morgan Group proposed the so-called neighbor-to-neighbor mutual aid plan is to evade the responsibility for relief.

Because after implementing the so-called neighbor-helping plan, the Morgan consortium only needs to help forty or fifty unfortunate American families around the Morgan Tower, without the need to disperse the Morgan consortium's funds to various states in the United States.

The funny thing is that President Hoover's plan did not take into account the actual capabilities of the American people and businesses.

The huge Morgan consortium only needs to take care of the forty or fifty American families around it, but some Americans who only have work and income one or two days a week also need to have the responsibility to take care of families without income in the urban areas where they live.

It is obvious whether there is any influence of the consortium behind such a policy. In this way, President Hoover's plan not only did not reduce the pressure on the unemployed population in the United States, but instead made it easier for those consortiums that were not in major crisis. They had sufficient thoughts and It’s time to squeeze American civilians even harder.

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